The Sunday Mail
Sir
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IF lunacy was a currency, the guys at the Sports and Recreation Commission would be millionaires – they seem to be full of it.
Those in the medical field would say that the SRC is showing signs of dementia, a disease “marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.”
Sir’s assessment may appear a wee bit hush but if I may indulge you dear reader, bear with me for a couple more paragraphs before you rush to accuse Yours Truly of being an unfair critic.
Just how do you describe the SRC’s move to try and shut the door when the horse has long bolted at both Zifa and Zimbabwe Cricket?
The build up to Friday’s SRC Press conference was preceded by the usual “it’s going to be explosive” hallucinations from the usual and hopeless social media hawks.
But it turned out to be another dump squib.
Without a hint of shame, Edward Siwela, the “Spongy and Reactionary Commission” chair, announced that they were finally trying to get to grasp with the Zifa issue.
Why now?
Well, apparently the SRC has been moved by “the considerable interest generated by the tenure of office of the current Zifa Executive Committee and other related corporate governance issues…”
So if there wasn’t some considerable interest in the Zifa issue the SRC was not going to act?
Amazing.
And now they are seeking to understand “the tenure of office of the current Zifa Executive Committee” when the soccer governing’s body election season is already in full swing?
What are these guys smoking? Could it be palm tree dipped in BronCleer or bronco as it is called in the streets?
The SRC is more than a tad too slow on the Zifa issue.
Even on the cricket matter, the SRC are out of touch.
ZC have already appointed an interim coach, the match fixing matters were handled by the ICC and the racism claims are a joke.
The SRC is viewed by many as a toothless bulldog and they haven’t done much of late to prove their critics wrong.
The Zimbabwean body-building team at the Arnolds Classic competition in South Africa feels let down, all they got ahead of their trip down South were empty promises.
The last edition of the National Youth Games was a disaster, disorganisation was the order of the day and athletes went hungry.
I don’t know what Tawanda Mukhulani , the ZC chair thinks, of the guys at the SRC but Zifa president Phillip Chiyangwa has left us in no doubt about his feelings. He recently wrote a letter to the Ministry of Youth, Arts, Sports and Culture.
In the letter, PC accused the Siwela and SRC acting director general Joseph Muchechetere of “unlawfully meddling in internal football processes.”
“It is very clear that Mr Siwela does not understand the fiduciary role his office requires of him as demonstrated by his illegal meetings with illegal bodies and further his daring but extremely risky attempt to communicate with Fifa without the permission of Zifa, which will palpably constitute a clear cut case of Government interference with an electoral process of Zifa, which will culminate in calamitous penalties against the entire football fraternity in Zimbabwe,” reads part of the letter.
Maybe Siwela and his team feel the need to justify their continued occupancy of SRC offices but hey, Prophet Makandiwa once counselled, “Kana usingazive zviri kuitika nyarara, enda kuchikoro chekunyarara. Runyararo Primary School.”
Yes Papa, if you don’t know what is happening zip your mouth lest you will be taken for a fool!
Sir Exits the scene!
Sir is a social media football commentator and can be reached on [email protected]
